If you follow me on twitter, it’s no surprise that I’ve been struggling to finalize my Thanksgiving menu. I just posted that it’s like Sophie’s Choice (confession, I’ve never read that book, but I understand the premise)—I keep seeing delicious looking dishes I want to make, but I don’t have the space on my menu!
(I like this idea but Chris is in charge of the turkey and isn’t quite the bacon fiend that the rest of us are. I like most of all that a friend thought of me and posted that on facebook for me.)
I thought I’d share my menu with you so you can start drooling and agonizing as well.
THANKSGIVING MENU 2012: {insert awesome nickname here}
Drinks: Beer, wine, sparkling wine, coffee, Perrier
Appetizers:
Veggie Platter
Something else, light and easy…?
Friend bringing: some kind of chip/crackers and dip
Main Course:
Turkey and Gravy
Dressing (Family recipe)
Corn Pudding with Cheddar and Chives
Something else green?
Friends bringing:
Brussels Sprouts Salad (my friend recreated the one at Trattoria Marcella. That’s why we are friends, actually…hers is BETTER somehow…maybe because it’s free?)
Cornbread Stuffing
Green Bean Casserole
Scalloped Potatoes
Pies: Pumpkin, Sour Cream Apple, Old Fashioned Cream. And I’m going to make my own pie crust this year if it kills me. I have a marble rolling pin that should help (a wedding gift from one of my favorite students.)
Dessert: Friend bringing something else
Okay, honestly this looks ridiculous when I’m looking at it. (I think we are going to have to make a nice food bank donation to feel less guilty.) But I still want to add something else, or make some bread or something? I know, I know. So…recommendations? It’s not like we NEED anything else, it’s more that I want to spend two days cooking and banking and that’s how I want to spend my Thanksgiving.
What’s a sour cream apple pie? Also BACON TURKEY, OMG. I am actually NOT a huge turkey fan… I usually skip it at Thanksgiving and just eat lots and lots of yummy side dishes. But if there was bacon covering it? I’d probably be all over that.
I’ve never made a pie, but I came across an old episode of “Cookie with Julia” on PBS a couple days ago and she inspired me to make a ridiculous pie or tart sometime soon. And this is from the girl who messed up INSTANT PUDDING by not reading directions when she made it in her class with 1 year olds… heaven help us.
I’ll have to post the sour cream apple pie recipe soon–it’s from my grandmother!
We did bacon turkey a few years ago, and it was amazing. I drank that gravy, fosho.
Chris won’t do the bacon turkey. Jerk.
Mmmmm. I’m still not sure what I’m going to be making, but fortunately, I don’t have to worry about doing everything. One day, though, I’d love to host Thanksgiving in my own home.